Microsoft makes DALL-E powered AI available
Published in AI


Appearing on Bing

Microsoft is making its DALL-E-powered AI image generator "available on desktop for Edge users around the world."

Sony fears it will get a low-fat Call of Duty if Vole takes it over
Published in Gaming


Claims Microsoft will want to make Xbox versions look better

Sony says it's worried Microsoft could give PlayStation owners a "degraded" performance of new Call of Duty games if it takes over Activision Blizzard to make the Xbox versions look better.

Microsoft reveals new Surface Dock
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 05 April 2023 11:40

Microsoft reveals new Surface Dock


Nothing proprietary in sight

Microsoft has just officially unveiled the Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock which will dump the proprietary Surface Connect port and connect over USB-C.

E3 2023 gets officially canceled
Published in Gaming
Friday, 31 March 2023 12:52

E3 2023 gets officially canceled


And it is not an April's Fools

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced that E3 2023 has been officially canceled.

Google slams Microsoft’s anti-competitive cloud practices
Published in Cloud


Tweedledee and Tweedledum in cloudy battle

Alphabet's Google Cloud has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and slammed imminent deals with several European cloud vendors.

Rural Dutch hate Microsoft’s data centre plans
Published in News


Why eliminate farm land when there are starving Brits across the channel?

Software King of the World Microsoft is squaring off against Holland’s farmers as it wants to take land to build data centres.

Microsoft fixed Bing security issue
Published in AI
Thursday, 30 March 2023 10:44

Microsoft fixed Bing security issue


Just days before AI was given control of the whole thing

Software King of the World, Microsoft patched a dangerous security issue in Bing last month just days before it handed control of the search engine to AI.

Microsoft doubles the speed of Teams desktop client
Published in News


Also claims it uses half of its system resources

Software King of the World Microsoft has previewed an improved Teams desktop client for Windows which it claims will be “twice as fast while using half the system resources."

Vole beavers away on Core OS
Published in News
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:00

Vole beavers away on Core OS


Modular and customisable variant of Windows

Software King of the World Microsoft is having a go at modernising the Windows platform with many of the same innovations it was working on for Windows Core OS.

Microsoft’s “favourite politician” declares war on Sony
Published in News


Only it appears more of a “special operation” than a war

The woman who is probably Microsoft’s most “lobbied” politician Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell waded into Volish arch nemeses Sony.